Author's Note: Hey, guys! So, there's gonna be a POV change in this chapter; it's gonna start in 3rd person with everybody arriving and then we're gonna go to Gear's POV for when they actually turn up to Delamont. Just wanted to clear that up so no-one got confused. But, enough talk; let's get on with the chapter! 

Your Author, Marbella. <3

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Narrator/3rd Person POV:

Later that night, the guests got changed into their personas and headed for Delamont.

After a road trip that dragged on, they made it there and showed their roles.

"I'm Gear and I'm The Lady Killer."

"My name is Lana and I am The Supermodel."

"I'm LDShadowLady AKA Lizzie and I'm The Cosplayer."

"I'm Lia AKA SSSniperWolf and I'm The Alpha."

"I'm Oli White and I am The Highroller."

"I'm Vanessa Merrell, I'm The Sweetheart."

"I'm Veronica Merrell, I'm Vanessa's twin and I'm also The Cupid."

"I'm Zach and I'm The Drama King."

"I'm Megan and I am The Soft Girl."

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Gear's POV:

Everybody who Joey invited to attend this party, myself and Lana included, are standing around a campfire in the middle of nowhere.

Where could he be at this hour?

(Note; from this point on, italics means it's a guest's confessional. Gear can't hear these.)

Lia: 'So, Joey's 30th birthday is tonight, and he invited us to this weird carnival lost in time to celebrate and we need this ritual to get in. But there's an issue: Joey isn't here yet and we've been waiting for hours. Bitch, I'm going home in a minute.'

We're stood there, talking about whatever we can think of to pass the time and huddling together because it's freezing out here.

"I'm so confused. Is this carnival a prank or something? If this is a prank, I am not getting involved. That's not my thing." Veronica says, annoyed that we had all gotten tricked.

"Is this even the carnival?"

"This isn't the carnival!" I remark, chuckling a bit.

Zach: 'Joey, mate; where the actual fuck are you? It's been five hours, it's freezing and somebody's going to freeze to death. Like, I'm going home in a minute.'

I was about to go home and, low and behold, Joey decided to show up.

He walked out from behind Zach's car to join the group, a smile the size of a mansion slapped on his face.

"Happy birthday, Joey!" We all yell, clapping and cheering.

"OK, so..." Joey begins,

"Is now a bad time to mention I did a giveaway and the winner is coming to the carnival with us?"

"Let's party like it's the end of our lives, bitches!" shouts this strange girl, walking out from behind Joey.

She's wearing a red bodysuit with her hair tied into a high ponytail and black heels.

We all started cheering more.

Lana: 'Now, this girl has turned up out of nowhere and she introduces herself as Valentina- let's call her Val- and she's this giveaway winner Joey was talking about and everything. OK, this'll be fun!'

"OK, so I got this ritual from this old lady who lived in Delamont once. It's supposed to make the carnival visible to even those who don't live there." Joey explains.

"So, hold up..." Lizzie begins, but Meghan butted in.

"Is somebody going to get possessed?!" Megan yells.

"OK, I think it's unlikely, but there is always a possibility." Oli reasons, trying to calm a feverish Megan.

"OK, thank God someone has common sense! Not everything to do with hoodoo-voodoo or whatever we call the shit will not get us possessed!" I yell, attempting to keep whatever was happening right now under control.

"EVERYBODY JUST CALM DOWN ALREADY, OK?! We don't have all night to be arguing, we have a carnival to go to!" Lana calls out, flailing her arms.

It made me laugh a little, Lana flailing her arms around. But, I can't help it; she's just really goddamn adorable.

"She has a good point, guys; let's just calm down, go to this carnival and have ourselves a good one," Vanessa states, Veronica and Lia agreeing.

"OK, guys," Zach shouts, clapping his hands to get people's attention. "After what feels like a year, Joey has finally figured out what the fuck we need to be doing!"

"Can we please stop cursing in front of the 16-year-old?" Megan mutters through gritted teeth, stomping her foot.

"Megan, I'm 18; plus, I curse myself, so I'm used to it. As long as you're not offensive, I'm fine with it." Valentina says.

Valentina: 'So, Joey and I just got here and we've already struggled to set up a ritual, caused a mass panic about getting possessed, had somebody get my age wrong, and just had a mess in the space of about 15 minutes. How it was possible, I will never know, but it's possible.'

"OK, so now that we know... whatever the hell this is, because I don't even know myself," Veronica says, waving the scroll Joey had in the air. "Let's go to Delamont and celebrate this grand high icon's birthday!" She then elbowed Joey playfully.

Joey takes a deep breath in.

"OK, here goes nothing." He whispers before reading the scroll.

"With the thread of Delamont's design, we strike its invisible seal three times. Seven times, we strike it from behind. We strike it from before, we strike it so Delamont may be invisible nevermore. We strike it by day, we strike it by night. We strike it from below, we strike it from above. We strike it with this spell, so let this carnival unfold. Goddess of Delamont, strike the presence that guards this carnival and break its seal for eternity!"

Joey stops talking.

It's as though all life has vanished from the chilly night air.

Everybody's eyes are darting all over the place.

"What..." Vanessa and Veronica say in unison, their mouths hanging open in shock.

"The fuck..." Lia and I say, also in unison, my hands on my head and Lia covering her mouth.

"Just..." Megan and Valentina sigh, trying to catch their breath from the panic of the situation.

"Happened?" Oli, Lana, and Zach all say, trying to process the whole situation.

"Where's Delamont? Did we come here for no reason!?" Lizzie shouts, pointing at Joey.

"I don't know, I think something was meant t- "

But as Joey spoke, the ground rocked.

"UM, GUYS!" Valentina shrieks, grabbing onto the nearest person, who in this case was Oli. "WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCKING NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON HERE?!"

Red and orange light surrounded us.

If anybody said anything right now, I couldn't hear because people were screaming and the ground was shaking so much.

When the ground stopped shaking, only me, Lia, and Vanessa had fallen over.

And then, it appears...

The Delamont Carnival's sign.

It read: "Town of Delamont."

"Weird," Zach says. "Wasn't this meant to be a carnival?"

"Yeah, Zach," Valentina says, rubbing her head and pushing her hair from her face. "But I think it is a town too, not just a carnival."

From the sign that had emerged, deep purple satin curtains fell.

The Delamont logo looked like... the face of a bleeding court jester with a green and purple hat with a smile as twisted as a Cheshire cat painted on its lips.

"This town sure has weird ways of expressing its self. And I got something to say about it." Joey says jokingly.

As the group walks up to Delamont, Valentina starts singing Express Yourself by Madonna to go along with Joey's joke, causing me and the group to burst into laughter.

"Valentina!" Lia chuckles, clutching her throat, trying to regain her breath, her face redder than Mars.

"Stop with the comedy, or we're all going to pass out from laughing too hard before we even get to this damn carnival and none of us are even drunk yet!"

We all start laughing harder, to the point Oli nearly fell over.

But soon after we regain our composure, a hand emerges from behind the curtain, from inside of Delamont, causing us to jump back in fear...